I'm a child of the LSF; born and bred here; inspired by the freedom, the friendliness. the generous feedback.
My first motivation to write was to turn my favourite fantasies - CP at girls' boarding-schools - into fiction, enlivening my fantasy life in the process. Getting encouraging comments (I joined in 2010 just as the comment-rate was rising) motivated me even more, and then the sheer satisfaction of being creative took over and the writing became as much about crafting interesting fiction as about detailing exciting spankings.
ImogenHart:
Frequently, too, people will spot a side of a character of mine that I hadn't even noticed consciously myself.
The more I mined my imagination for fresh stories, the deeper I dug into my sub-conscious (though I didn't realise it at the time). All the characters we create are, in a sense, ourselves, and I too have had commenters (especially the inestimably wise Mati) point out recurring patterns in my characters that I hadn't noticed, and which made me reflect on who I am.
For some time now, I've been too busy, or too distracted, to write, but I do miss it and will return to it.